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Ὡς πάντα ἡμῖν τῆς θείας δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ τὰ πρὸς ζωὴν καὶ εὐσέβειαν δεδωρημένης διὰ τῆς ἐπιγνώσεως τοῦ καλέσαντος ἡμᾶς [a]ἰδίᾳ δόξῃ καὶ ἀρετῇ, δι’ ὧν τὰ [b]τίμια καὶ μέγιστα ἡμῖν ἐπαγγέλματα δεδώρηται, ἵνα διὰ τούτων γένησθε θείας κοινωνοὶ φύσεως, ἀποφυγόντες τῆς ἐν [c]τῷ κόσμῳ ἐν ἐπιθυμίᾳ φθορᾶς.

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  1. ΠΕΤΡΟΥ Β΄ 1:3 ἰδίᾳ δόξῃ καὶ ἀρετῇ Treg NIV] διὰ δόξης καὶ ἀρετῆς WH RP
  2. ΠΕΤΡΟΥ Β΄ 1:4 τίμια καὶ μέγιστα ἡμῖν WH NIV] μέγιστα καὶ τίμια ἡμῖν Treg; τίμια ἡμῖν καὶ μέγιστα RP
  3. ΠΕΤΡΟΥ Β΄ 1:4 τῷ WH Treg NIV] – RP

The Christian’s Call and Election

His divine power has given us everything needed for life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by[a] his own glory and excellence.(A) Thus he has given us, through these things, his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may escape from the corruption that is in the world because of lust and may become participants of the divine nature.(B)

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  1. 1.3 Other ancient authorities read through

God's Call and Choice

God's divine power has given us everything we need to live a truly religious life through our knowledge of the one who called us to share in his own[a] glory and goodness. In this way he has given us the very great and precious gifts he promised, so that by means of these gifts you may escape from the destructive lust that is in the world, and may come to share the divine nature.

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  1. 2 Peter 1:3 to share in his own; some manuscripts have through his.

God has done his part: see that you do yours

3-4 He has by his own action given us everything that is necessary for living the truly good life, in allowing us to know the one who has called us to him, through his own glorious goodness. It is through him that God’s greatest and most precious promises have become available to us men, making it possible for you to escape the inevitable disintegration that lust produces in the world and to share in God’s essential nature.

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